Review of the 1983 Texas closure for the shrimp fishery off Texas and Louisiana.

Date

1984

Authors

Klima, E.F.
Baxter, K.N.
Patella, F.J.
Matthews, G.A.

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Abstract

The purpose of this report is to provide information to determine how well the objectives of the Texas closure regulations were achieved in 1982 and 1983. This report reviews and analyzes the characteristics of the Texas and Louisiana fisheries west of the Mississippi River and describes the catch, fishing effort, relative abundance and recruitment to the offshore fishery from June 1982 - Aug. 1983.

Description

61 p.

Keywords

catch statistics, catch/effort, shrimp fisheries, penaeid shrimp, fishery regulations, brown shrimp, Penaeus aztecus, season regulations, abundance

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